From Sunday 26 May, the price of a simplyReading weekly ticket bought on bus will change from £14 to £15, though buying your simplyReading weekly smartcard ticket online (or topping it up online) will remain at £14.
A Solo day ticket will go up from £2.20 to £2.30 though all other Solo fares remain the same, including single fares staying at £1.30. You will also still be able to buy a Solo weekly smartcard online (and top it up) for just £11.
The jobseeker day ticket also increases from £2.20 to £2.30 from this date.
Annual fares are also increasing slightly on this date, with the simplyReading annual becoming £560, simplyNetwork becoming £890 and simplyUni becoming £449.
You will need to pay the exact fare, as our drivers do not carry change. This helps keep Reading's buses on time and our drivers safe. We operate a flat fare policy in the simplyReading area.
Save time and money on your travel, get a simplyBus smartcard. Buy them from our online shop now
| single | return | all day | 7 days | |
| adult | £1.80 | £3.40 | £4 | £14 |
| Solo | £1.30 | day | £2.20 | £11* |
*Only available to load onto a Solo smartcard
simplyReading group only £8 and valid all day. Any 4 people travelling together, can be a combination of adults & children, all adults or all children. It's only £5 during evenings after 7pm, weekends and public and school holidays!
Available from our Travel Centre in the Broad Street Mall, or our online shop. Get your card now
| 7 day | 30 day | 90 day | 365 day | |
| adult | £14 | £55 | £150 | £500 |
| Solo | £11 | £40 | £110 | n/a |
10 single trips for less than the price of 9! Only £16
| 7 day | 30 day | 90 day | 365 day | |
| adult | £22 | £86 | £235 | £800 |
| Solo | £17 | £62 | £165 | n/a |
| 7 day | 30 day | |
| adult | £17 | £56 |
| Solo | £11 | £38 |
Day tickets are also available to puchase from your driver in Newbury. Adult £4.20 and Solo £3.20
jetblack 1 and vitality 2 operate using graduated fare charts. Please see the pdf documents below for full details.
find out more about simplyBus smartcards>>>
jetblack 1, vitality, 82 and 82k have graduated fares. Download a fares table for your bus by click on the logo below
vitality weekly - £18. Buy from the driver, valid 7 days only on vitality 2 & 2a buses.
vitality off-peak group - £8. Only available to buy from the driver on vitality 2 & 2a buses, but can be used on all other services. Up to 4 people travel together until end of service on day ticket is bought (up to 4am on purple 17).
We have reduced the cost of travelling after 7pm every single night!
If you are travelling within the simplyReading boundary, you can now get a return for £2.20 (a saving of over a quid!) or a Group Ticket for up to four people for just £5 (even 3 people will save!)
Terms and conditions apply. Return and group tickets are not valid on NightTrack buses. Valid only within the simplyReading boundary.
simplyUni is a dedicated smartcard for students and staff of the University of Reading. For full details go to our University pages >>>
The fare for Nighttrack buses is just £1 (except on Purple 17 where normal fares apply)
Day, return and period tickets are not valid on Nighttrack services.
Concessionary and access passes are not accepted on Nighttrack buses except on Christmas and New Years eve before 11.00 pm.
Holders of valid PlusBus tickets may travel free on Nighttrack buses at any time.
Fares correct as at 24 September 2012. Terms and conditions apply. Click here to look at your terms and conditions including ticket restrictions, exact area boundaries and other useful ticket information.
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